Shoigu (name)

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Shoigu, also spelled Shoygu (Russian: Шойгу), is a Tuvan given name and surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Larisa Shoygu
    (1953–2021), Russian politician
  • Sergei Shoygu
    (born 1955), Russian politician and military officer
  • Yulia Shoygu
    (born 1977), Russian politician

All three individuals listed are descendants of Kuzhuget Shoigu ( Shoigu Kuzhuget), whose first name and surname were transposed on official forms due to a Soviet government-ordered name change.